real

The word “real” has 1 syllable: real

It's pronounced as /rɪəl/

What is synonym and antonym for real?

In the thesaurus, “real” has 266 synonyms and 162 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for real along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for real

a lot
absolute
absolutely
abundantly
accurate
achingly
actual
almighty
altogether
amazingly
appreciably
archly
artless
as all get-out
astonishingly
astronomically
attested
authentic
authenticated
authoritative
awful
awfully
badly
beastly
believable
blisteringly
bodily
bona fide
bone
candid
certain
certifiable
certified
childlike
colossally
completely
concrete
confirmed
considerably
convincing
corking
corporal
corporeal
correct
cracking
damn
damned
dang
de facto
deadly
deeply
demonstrated
desperately
dewy-eyed
dinkum
direct
discernibly
downright
echt
effective
embodied
eminently
enormously
entirely
especially
essential
established
ever
evident
exceeding
exceedingly
exceptionally
excessively
existent
existing
exploitable
extensively
extra
extremely
fabulously
factual
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
final
firm
flat-out
for real
frank
free
free-spoken
frightfully
full
fully
gee-whiz
genuine
good and
grandly
greatly
guileless
gullable
gullible
hard
heartfelt
heavily
highly
historical
honest
hugely
identifiable
immensely
impressionable
in the flesh
incarnate
incontestable
incontrovertible
incredibly
indisputable
indubitable
inescapable
inexperienced
ingenuous
innocent
intensely
intrinsic
irrefutable
jolly
lawful
legal
legitimate
literal
live
majorly
malleable
markedly
material
mightily
mighty
monstrous
monstrously
monumentally
mortally
most
much
naive
natural
notably
noticeably
objective
obscenely
obviously
on the level
open
openhearted
original
overmuch
palpable
palpably
particularly
passing
perceptible
persuadable
persuasible
physical
plain
plainly
plainspoken
plentifully
positive
positively
present
profoundly
proper
proven
pucka
pukka
pure
purely
radically
rattling
real-life
real-world
realistic
really
recognizable
remarkably
right
rightful
roaring
roaringly
sensible
seriously
severely
significantly
simple
simpleminded
sincere
single-minded
so
solid
sore
sorely
sound
spanking
specially
spontaneous
stable
staggeringly
stinking
straight
straightforward
substantial
substantially
substantiated
substantive
such
super
supremely
sure-enough
surpassingly
susceptible
tangible
terribly
that
thoroughly
thumping
too
totally
true
trustful
trusting
unadulterated
unaffected
unalloyed
unco
uncommonly
undeniable
undoubted
unfeigned
unforced
unguarded
unmistakable
unpretending
unpretentious
unquestionable
unsophisticated
unstudied
unwary
unworldly
utterly
valid
validated
vastly
verifiable
verified
veritable
very
visibly
vitally
way
whacking
wholly
wicked
wide-eyed
wildly

Antonyms for real

abstract
affected
alleged
arch
artful
artificial
assumed
assuming
barely
bogus
calculating
canny
chimeric
chimerical
civilized
conceived
concocted
conjectural
cosmopolitan
counterfeit
crafty
critical
crooked
cultivated
cultured
cunning
cynical
deceitful
deceptive
delusive
delusory
designing
devious
dishonest
disputable
dissembling
dissimulating
double-dealing
doubtful
dubious
envisaged
envisioned
fabled
fabricated
factitious
fake
false
fanciful
feigned
fictional
fictitious
flattering
flexible
forced
foxy
fraudulent
guileful
hardly
hidden
hypocritical
hypothetical
ideal
illusory
imaginary
imagined
imitation
immaterial
indefinite
inexistent
insincere
intangible
invalid
invented
just
knavish
legendary
little
made-up
make-believe
man-made
manipulative
manufactured
marginally
meagerly
mealymouthed
mental
minimally
misleading
mistrustful
mock
negligibly
nominally
nonexistent
obscure
phoney
phony
pictured
platonic
polished
possible
potential
pretend
pretentious
pseudo
questionable
refined
reputed
romantic
scantily
scarcely
scheming
sham
sharp
shifty
shrewd
simulated
skeptical
slick
slightly
slippery
sly
smooth
somewhat
sophisticated
spiritual
spurious
strained
subtle
supposed
suppositional
suppositious
supposititious
suspicious
sycophantic
symbolic
synthetic
theoretic
theoretical
tricky
two-faced
unauthentic
uncertain
unclear
unctuous
underhanded
unfit
unhealthy
unimportant
unnatural
unreal
unreliable
unstable
unsure
untrue
untrustworthy
vague
virtual
visualized
wary
wily
worldly
worldly-wise

Meanings of real

noun
1. A commodity; see realty.
2. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
3. A real number.
4. A realist.
5. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
6. A coin worth one real.
7. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
8. A coin worth one real.
9. A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
10. A coin worth one real.
adjective
1. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
2. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
3. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
4. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
5. That has objective, physical existence.
6. Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
7. Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
8. (of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
9. Relating to immovable tangible property.
10. Absolute, complete, utter.
11. Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
adverb
1. Really, very.

Example Sentences

She finally found a real solution to the problem.
The fear he felt was very real, not imagined.
Is this diamond real or just a replica?
He showed his real emotions for the first time.
The story is based on a real event.

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